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ModNation Racers: Accessible, Fun, And Awfully Creative

For those of you who have enjoyed the creative charms of LittleBigPlanet, you're likely enthusiastic about ModNation Racers, which also embraces the innovative "Create, Play, Share" concept.

If you're looking for a great update concerning the ambitious little kart racer, check out Electric Playground's video interview, which gives us plenty of behind-the-scenes details and information. After seeing that impressive presentation at E3 last year, we've been looking forward to learning more; United Front Games is quite forthcoming in this revealing Q&A. There's also plenty of footage from the game, which is shaping up to be one of our most anticipated titles of 2010. While we'll certainly get a slew of tracks and characters with the game - as we did in LBP - the primary goal is to get players into creation mode. Now, this has sometimes proven to be a daunting task in the past, as editors of any kind aren't always easy to use. But the developers want to make it clear: we'll still have all the depth but without the hassle. This game, from top to bottom, should be both accessible and fun, which is a win-win situation as far as most are concerned. Personally, I liked the speed of the footage; it appears as if the game will be very fast, perhaps faster than you might've thought...

ModNation Racers continues the tradition of LBP and adds the element of racing...this ain't Super Mario Kart, ladies and gents. It's something a good deal more.

THANK YOU!I love LPB, but the editor can sometimes be painful and extremely time consuming I love the game, and the levels created are really insane. Just which I could make more levels without spending weeks on them :(

This game will follow that party game system LPB had. LBP is still one of the coolest party games I've ever played. If you have friends (or make new ones through the game), you really know how awesome it is to gather up and head out for LPB adventures

Should be the same deal in Modnation but racing and burning rubber.

My goal: To make the LONGEST track possible (long tracks are the best, imo). This is something I'm gonna love, being able to create long tracks lol. These days tracks are so freaking short, annoys the crap out of me.

a 2-5 minute long track is all I ask for (the kart's speeds might a factor on the lap time). Just want a racing level that feels like it was a journey, and not the easy tracks we get in today's Mario Karts ando most racing games in general.

The level creation is easy to use. I made a lvl where you go upwards in a spiral then just hurl down at fast speeds. When i used the auto populate, it made my level better then expected, and i also tweaked a lot of stuff to fit my needs.

I just love how easy it is to create in the game. My 8 year old brother has even managed to whip up some badass little characters and even a a nice track. The ease of creating is a big plus for me. This way the whole family can play and make their own people without having to bother me. I enjoyed Little Big Planet but i couldn't sit through all the tutorials on how to do what you wanted. Modnation has really nailed it.

Our family have been enjoying the beta and we will definitely be getting this game. The track, car and player editors are so easy to use and loads of fun. Can't wait to get this thing. I have a feeling we'll be playing this for a long time as we are still playing LBP on a regular basis.

My 7 year old son and I love to play LBP together. We tried creating a level and you guys are correct, it is very time consuming and I can't quite get some of my ideas to translate. I am definitely looking forward to this game. Can't wait...

I hope they don't skimp on the graphics to make this game as fast as you say. It looks really fun and I'd love a good HD kart racer. The customization of the racers is the best part. Taking out the competition online with your racer. It's going to be a blast.